Christiaan

#9,891 in 2025Boys' name

A Christian person, a Christian, through Chrīstiānus

Christiaan has been given to 886 babies in the U.S. since 1964. In 2025 it ranked #9,891 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1968, with 43 recorded.

Babies named Christiaan, 2025

1 in 474,000

Christiaan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Christiaan: meaning, origin, and history

A Christian person, a Christian, through Chrīstiānus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Christiaan means

Christiaan belongs to the name family reached through Christiaan → Chrīstiānus. Its meaning is “a Christian person, a Christian”.

Origin, language, and formation

Christiaan is used in Dutch.

Christiaan comes through Latin Chrīstiānus and Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Christian and Chrīstiānus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Christiaan is pronounced /ˈkrɪstiˌ(j)aːn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 886 boys were recorded with the name Christiaan between 1964 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 1968; its best national rank was #1,149 in 1968.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,894 in 2015 to #9,891 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Christiaan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,891; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Christiaan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Christiaan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Christiaans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Christiaan was born before 1988 — so the typical Christiaan is around 37 today.

Median birth year: 1988; About 37 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 26.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 25.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 886; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 26.3% of all recorded uses (233).

Is Christiaan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +195; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −997; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.88×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 16.3%; Peak was 1968 (43)
Years since peak: 57; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,149; 1968

Spellings of Christiaan

Christiaan is not the most common spelling — Christian is, with 84.4% against Christiaan's 0.16%.

Christian84.4%453,968
Cristian13.0%69,925
Khristian0.52%2,801
Christain0.39%2,112
Christina0.37%1,989
Christan0.29%1,578
Christion0.22%1,196
Christin0.19%1,018

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Christiaan is used

Across 1910–2025, Christiaan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 511,132 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Pennsylvania1 in —
3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Christiaan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Christiaan around the world

Where Christiaan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2025
#4,275
in 2025
Canada
1995–2007
#2,479
in 2007
South Australia
1954–2006
#657
in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Christiaan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,891
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #1,149; 1968
Peak year: 1968; 43 that year
First recorded: 1964
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 886
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Christiaan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Christiaan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nichelle Richelle Stacia Jeana Brigette Bettina Nicola Melonie

For a brother

Kelley Thad Deron Edwardo Shon Tracey Stacey Tad

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